Abstract: An easily deployable dodger providing a protective cover for the hatchway on a boat comprises a generally trapezoidal shaped sheet of flexible material, a portion of which is transparent. The sheet is tied by its corners and the midpoint of its base edge to form an aft-opening pyramidal shape with enclosing forward, port and starboard triangular faces. The midpoint of the base forms the apex of the pyramidal shape and the four corners of the trapezoidal sheet define the ends of the lower edges of the three triangular faces. The centrally disposed triangular forward face is formed by tying the corners of the edge opposite the base edge to the boat just forward of the companionway such that the lower edge extends across the cabin.